After flying only a short distance toward the smoking village, Liu Zhi sensed something was wrong. He quickly landed.
The instant his feet touched the ground, a bolt of lightning struck him.
Fortunately, Liu Zhi could transform into a Death Lightning element, so the lightning didn't do much damage. But the aura within it had already told him the truth: the sky belonged to the gods. To fly there, he would either have to display his divinity or earn a god's approval.
If you had neither, and weren't a bird, you'd better keep your feet on the ground.
Liu Zhi had divinity. In other games, he would have unleashed it and fought back long ago.
But in this world, he found himself backing down.
From that single strike, Liu Zhi could tell that the lightning in the sky had been laid by Odin and Zeus together.
If Liu Zhi refused to comply, fine—but then he would have to face two god-kings at once.
With no choice but to keep his head down, Liu Zhi had to walk. Fortunately, though the area was all forest, he enjoyed certain advantages in the woods as a druid.
Even unable to fly, he could move quickly.
Before long, Liu Zhi arrived near the village with Videnina and Alex.
When he saw the village, Liu Zhi froze. He had known from the start that this was the age of Twilight of the Gods, so he had assumed the setting was medieval, or even earlier.
But he had never imagined that the people pillaging and burning the village would be soldiers armed with rifles.
From their equipment, it was clear that this world's technology was at roughly the level of the period between the First and Second World Wars.
The unit also had a chaplain traveling